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KITCHEN CABINET. No. 483,219. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN HOLMES, OF KING CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 0. N. SANDFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 483,219, dated September 27, 1892. Application filed August 27, 1891. Serial No. 403,888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN lIoLMEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at King City, in the county of Gentry and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Kitchen-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in kitchen-cabinets.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of kitchen-cabinets, more especially the bins and the drawers, to exclude dust from both, and to regulate the tilt or outward swing of the bins.

A further object of the invention is to exclude insects from the bins and the drawers and to prevent such insects crawling upward through the cracks in the bottom of drawers of ordinary construction.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a kitchen-cabinet constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, the section being taken through one of the bins. Fig. 3 is a similar View, the section being taken through the drawers. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View of one of the drawers. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the bearing-plates. Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the journalplates.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a kitchen-cabinet provided with tilting bins 2 and having a vertical series of drawers 3, which are arranged at one end of the cabinet. The bins are three in number and are arranged between vertical series of drawers and the other end of the bin, and between the bins and the top 4 of the cabinet are arranged a small drawer 5, a wide drawer 6, and a bread-board 7, located beneath the wide drawer 6. Horizontal boards 8 are arranged beneath all of the vertical series of drawers 3, except the bottom one, and support the same. Parting-strips 9 are arranged between the bins, and the latter are supported upon bearing-plates 10, provided with integral vertical flanges 11, having curved recesses in their upper ends to receive journals 13 of journal-plates 14, secured to the bottoms 15 of the bins 2. The bearing-plates are secured upon the bottom 16 of the kitchen-cabinet and are provided in their inner faces with inclined recesses adapted to receive adjustable stop-plates 17, provided with longitudinal slots and secured to the vertical flanges ll of the bearing-plates by set-screws 18, arranged in said slots. The-upper ends of the adjustable stop-plates are provided with lugs 19, arranged on the sides of the plates and adapted to be engaged by depending flanges 20 of the journal-plates, whereby the tilt or outward inclination of the bins is regulated. The front of the casing is provided with a horizontal strip 21, hinged to the bottom 16 and adapted to be lowered to permit the bins to be removed and securely clamped when in a vertical position by hooks 22, arranged to engage the ends of the strip.

The bins consist of a wooden bottom 15, a front or outer face 23, secured to the bottom and projecting below the same, and sheetmetal sides 24, having its vertical edges secured in kerfs in the front 23 and having its lower or horizontal edges bent in upon the lower face of the bottom 15, whereby a continuous tight joint is effected to exclude insects and dust. The front extends beyond the sides and is provided at its upper end with a lip 25, which lies flat against the face of the cabinet and excludes dust when the bin is closed.

The drawers are constructed substantially the same as the bins and consist of a bottom 26, a front 27, and sheet-metal sides 28. The front 27 is rabbeted on its inner face to provide a projecting flange or lip 29, and vertical edges of the metallic sides 28 are secured in kerfsin the front. The lower edges are bent inward upon the lower face of the bottom and are secured in longitudinal grooves 30 and form ribs at the sides of the drawers, whereby the same will readily slide in and out. The rear edge 31 is bent in upon the bottom 26 and is arranged fiat against the same.

The kitchen-cabinet is provided with an ornamental back, to which are secured suitable receptacles 32, adapted to contain spice, and a rack 33, designed to hold bottles, such as extracts and the like.

It will be seen that the kitchen-cabinet'is simple, comparatively inexpensive, strong, and durable, that the drawers and bins are within easy reach, and that dust and insectsare excluded therefrom.

What I claim is- 1. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination of bearing-plates having vertical flanges provided with bearing-recesses, a bin, journalplates secured to the bin and provided with depending flanges and having journals to en'- gage the said bearing-recesses, and plates adjustably secured to the bearing-plates and adapted to be engaged by the depending flanges to limit the tilting of the bin, substantially as described.

2. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination of the bearing-plates having vertical flanges provided with inclined recesses, plates 17, arranged in the recesses and provided with lonlower edges bent upon the bottom'and ar- .ranged in the grooves thereof and forming ribs, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

v FRANKLIN HOLMES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE AOKER, T. M. SWIFT. 

